The first table below looks at the demand for the UAT Tester role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UAT Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UAT Tester
Rank 520 541 561
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +20
Contract jobs requiring a UAT Tester 21 38 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.043% 0.066% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.072% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 24 25
Average daily rate £303 £300 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.74% +15.48%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £268 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £428 £337
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £313 £260
% change year-on-year
- +20.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £8.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -46.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £8.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
- -46.66%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
45063 52855 57510
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.16% 92.46% 92.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 25972 29220 31540
Average daily rate £400 £400 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2142 2525 2941
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.77 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

UAT Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing UAT Tester within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

UAT Tester Jobs Demand Trend

UAT Tester
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing UAT Tester within the UK.

UAT Tester Daily Rate Trend

UAT Tester
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UAT Tester within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

UAT Tester Daily Rate Histogram

UAT Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing UAT Tester within the UK.

UAT Tester Hourly Rate Trend

UAT Tester
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UAT Tester within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +16 20 £303 +0.83% 4
London +14 13 £243 -19.23%
Worcestershire - 1 £313 -
West Midlands - 1 £313 -
East of England - - - - 1
Redditch - - - -
Stratford-upon-Avon - - - -
Warwick - - - -
Cambridgeshire - - - - 1
Essex - - - -
Warwickshire - - - -
Cambridge - - - - 1
Colchester - - - -
Kenilworth - - - -
Leamington Spa - - - -

UAT Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited UAT Tester in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with UAT Tester in their job title.

1 33 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 15 (45.45%) HP Quality Center
2 15 (45.45%) Banking
3 14 (42.42%) Finance
4 12 (36.36%) ISEB
4 12 (36.36%) Test Scripting
5 11 (33.33%) HP
6 10 (30.30%) Retail
7 8 (24.24%) Retail Banking
8 5 (15.15%) TDD
9 4 (12.12%) JIRA
9 4 (12.12%) System Testing
9 4 (12.12%) Asset Management
9 4 (12.12%) Migration
10 3 (9.091%) Back Office
10 3 (9.091%) Internet
10 3 (9.091%) OO
10 3 (9.091%) E-Commerce
10 3 (9.091%) C#
10 3 (9.091%) Java
10 3 (9.091%) .NET
10 3 (9.091%) Oracle
10 3 (9.091%) WebSphere
10 3 (9.091%) QA
10 3 (9.091%) jQuery
11 2 (6.061%) Software Testing
11 2 (6.061%) Derivative
11 2 (6.061%) MS Office
11 2 (6.061%) Scrum
12 1 (3.030%) Law

UAT Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited UAT Tester in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with UAT Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (9.091%) .NET
1 3 (9.091%) WebSphere
1 3 (9.091%) jQuery
2 1 (3.030%) XML
2 1 (3.030%) XSLT
2 1 (3.030%) Drools
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.030%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (6.061%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.091%) Internet
Development Applications
1 4 (12.12%) JIRA
General
1 15 (45.45%) Banking
2 14 (42.42%) Finance
3 10 (30.30%) Retail
4 8 (24.24%) Retail Banking
5 3 (9.091%) Back Office
6 1 (3.030%) Law
6 1 (3.030%) Legal
6 1 (3.030%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.061%) Derivative
2 1 (3.030%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.030%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 12 (36.36%) Test Scripting
3 5 (15.15%) TDD
4 4 (12.12%) System Testing
4 4 (12.12%) Asset Management
4 4 (12.12%) Migration
5 3 (9.091%) OO
5 3 (9.091%) E-Commerce
6 2 (6.061%) Software Testing
6 2 (6.061%) Scrum
7 1 (3.030%) Change Management
7 1 (3.030%) Regression Testing
7 1 (3.030%) ITIL
7 1 (3.030%) B2C
7 1 (3.030%) CRM
7 1 (3.030%) Configuration Management
7 1 (3.030%) Software Engineering
7 1 (3.030%) Web Development
7 1 (3.030%) Investment Management
7 1 (3.030%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.091%) C#
1 3 (9.091%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (36.36%) ISEB
2 1 (3.030%) Degree
2 1 (3.030%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.091%) QA
Systems Management
1 15 (45.45%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (33.33%) HP
2 3 (9.091%) Oracle
3 1 (3.030%) Open Text
3 1 (3.030%) RedDot
3 1 (3.030%) SAP
3 1 (3.030%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.030%) Northgate
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